McDonald’s NLRB Settlement Sparks Little Worry at D.C. Cir. (1)

McDonald’s Corp. appears likely to escape any further litigation over a contested National Labor Relations Board settlement that absolved the fast-food giant of any joint liability for unfair labor practices committed by its franchisees.

During Friday oral argument before a three-judge panel of U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia, two judges tapped by Republican presidents seemed to find no fault to NLRB officials resolving—over the objections of an administrative law judge—a case that was started by the agency’s top lawyer during the Obama administration.

A D.C. Circuit decision rejecting the Service Employees International Union’s attempt to reopen ...